"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

NEW ORLEANS
We left Atlanta about 4 p.m. Tuesday, but the legendarily gridlocked city traffic hindered us only slightly as we made our way down I-85 and soon we were on our way toward Montgomery. We stopped for dinner at a Mexican restaurant near the Alabama capital.

Ha! The pictures remind of when I used to travel to chess tournaments fairly often, always tried to get a jump on traffic and all on Friday, and would get to the site in plenty of time to check in at the hotel, eat, relax, and clear the head for the night round.

Then I’d check out the playing rooms, find them all deserted like this, and ask myself, “Why am I so early, again?”